linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/1] EDAC/igen6: Fix conversion of system address to physical memory address

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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:58:49 +0000
From: "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, "James
 Morse" <james.morse@....com>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] EDAC/igen6: Fix conversion of system address to
 physical memory address

Hi Greg,

> From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> [...]
> 
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel
> tree.  Please read:
>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.

Thank you for the reminder. I read the link above.
To avoid making the same mistake next time 😊, could you confirm if this is because
the patch does not meet the following conditions:

   " It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linux mainline (upstream)."

Thanks!
-Qiuxu